"Can you actually explain what the advantages are of having that extra 10% ? Once you go above 60 FPS you don't get the "stutter" and are actually rendering duplicate frames. So what is the Net gain of additional frames especially if your monitor (60 hz, or 120 hz) can't display them ?"
The other day I reflected over the lack of knowing how these foldings work; I recalled some tv program for the 70s that had identified this as a big issue back then Voila, today we have a working progress.
Gnome used to be a desktop solution of Linux. But like Hurd it never really "got it".
KDE was the first but since it, at the time, was closed source Gnome was created as an alternative, even if it ended up as 2nd rate citizen, always choking in the dust.
Gnome had it its purpose up until KDE went GPL, i.e. more than 10 years ago. Now it is time to move on, with KDE or xfce.
"Those who choose to practice Buddhism as ordained monks and nuns, also choose to live in celibacy. Sex is seen as a serious monastic transgression. Within Theravada Buddhism there are four principal transgressions which entail expulsion from the monastic Sangha: sex, theft, murder, and falsely boasting of superhuman perfections, where sex is listed first. Sexual misconduct for monks and nuns includes masturbation. In the case of monasticism, abstaining completely from sex is seen as a necessity in order to reach enlightenment."
So much for dead end 'happiness'. How pathetically ignorant to even consider a monk of all abominations on Earth.
"Has anybody run into problems in life with the arrogance that seems to be so prevalent with nerds?"
Yes...
"If so, how did you handle the situation?"
Told the others to educate themselves better but in the end I learned to keep my better understandings to myself, unless seriously warranted. So, it has been a life-long learning for me, and others.
Member? Hezbollah probably still is financed from Iran or at least used to be. That doesn't make them any better. Shit is shit from wherever it comes. I do not support Hezbollah, while I do support the Palestinians' right to a nation; yes, this is getting complex. Still, Iran is not Arabic, which doesn't make anything easier... as you know.
"Who tried to assassinate the ambassador of Sauda Arabia. Iran."
Probably anyone or no-one, but not necessarily Iranians. Whoever, but that never gave them the right to do it, of course. Likewise, the Israeli Stern group killed the UN ambassador Folke Bernadotte ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte) on the orders of an Israeli terrorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir).
"Yitzhak Shamir [...] was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1988–1992. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a member of the Stern gang, an organisation that was considered a terrorist group by Israel which broke away from the Haganah."
only to later on become the Prime Minister of Israel... Whoever gave that Israeli terrorist the right to move on? That wasn't allowed, either... Complex? Yes, Sir. Israelis aren't allowed to kill foreign people either...
I support Israel's right to exist but condemn the repeated behavior of several Israeli governments as well as any Iranian threats in writing or speech over Israel's right to exist. Does that make me a leftist? No. Does it make me a supporter of Hezbollah? No. But it makes me wonder why, why, WHY do all these religiously slanted governments still exist?!
Israel needs support, yes. But so does Palestine. From what I understand, the US supports Israel:
"Palestine – United States relations are not diplomatic relations in the normal sense, since the United States does not recognize Palestine as a state, and the U.S. government is very cautious not to define relations with it as fully diplomatic." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93United_States_relations
"From FY2008 to the present, annual U.S. bilateral assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip has averaged nearly $600 million, including annual averages of approximately $200 million in direct budgetary assistance and approximately $100 million in non-lethal security assistance for the PA in the West Bank. The remainder—approximately $300 million on average per year—is dedicated to project assistance for the West Bank and Gaza through U.S. government grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Much of this assistance is in direct support of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s security, governance, development, and reform programs aimed at building Palestinian institutions in advance of statehood"
So, Palestine receives a large amount of money from the US alone, almost one fifth of what Israel receives. That is proportionally close:
"Religion in Israel is a central feature of the country and plays a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle, and religion has played a central role in Israel's history. [...] Israel was founded to provide a national home, safe from persecution, to the Jewish people. Although Israeli law explicitly grants equal civil rights to all citizens regardless of religion, ethnicity, or other heritage, it gives preferential treatment in certain aspects to individuals who fall within the criteria mandated by the Law of Return. Preferential treatment is given to Jews and their relatives who seek to immigrate to Israel. This serves to increase the Jewish population and provides asylum to people who face religious discrimination in the countries they emigrate from."
So, "freedom of religion", with preferences?
Do you understand the concept of double standards?
I am concerned about the possible risk of religious people gaining even more global political influence. How do you see the Earth population growth affecting the survival of atheism over the next 100 years?
Here I especially think of a number of factors. Religious people appear to have more children than atheists across all nations. Still, education levels are rising around the world and it is known that educated people tend to be more prone to atheism. These two effects may be countering each other, even if other factors could be at play.
Will atheism be forced to retreat because of the sheer numbers of the religious population around the world? Or is that some misguided Malthusian fear again?
Just for fun I took a screenshot of that video which looks like it has negative colors.
Then I opened it in GIMP and inverted the colours, lowered the contrast by bending color contrast curve.
The result was a much nicer image where the 3D objects looked "real", like the cars with "true" shadows etc.
It probably would have been even better if I could have used some of the other color channels, obviously available as the cameraman keeps switching between the different modes. Blending these may even produce near daylight images I guess. This must be available in real time even to policemen.
The current police movie looks so 1980s.
I doubt it is too expensive to get better shots than this. Wht's holding them back?
Yes, hiring African Americans is legal. And Muslim Americans. And Jewish Americans. And lesbian Americans. And gay Americans. And drinking Americans. And eating Americans. But, not smoking Americans?
Slashdot Mirror
But, the anti-Apple fanboys have valid arguments so what is your point?
"Wild arabica is already quite rare."
Wild arabica was always rare. :)
This is why it took until the last centuries until we had a global production of coffee even if it has been known for millennia.
Will the climate change make it dissappear? Probably not, but at least make it rare enough to preclude further harvesting.
"Can you actually explain what the advantages are of having that extra 10% ? Once you go above 60 FPS you don't get the "stutter" and are actually rendering duplicate frames. So what is the Net gain of additional frames especially if your monitor (60 hz, or 120 hz) can't display them ?"
First, 60 FPS is an average...
Second, read the following article, http://techreport.com/review/22890/nvidia-geforce-gtx-690-graphics-card/3
Congratulations, in advance!!!
The other day I reflected over the lack of knowing how these foldings work; I recalled some tv program for the 70s that had identified this as a big issue back then Voila, today we have a working progress.
Nobel Prize material, indeed!!!
Fox News, Fox News.
Today, I trust Fox News.
I saw it in the NY Times and the Washington Post.
Yet, I had to countercheck it with Fox News.
10 % better than Windows if the numbers at
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce-gtx-670_4.html
can be used straight away (which they possibly can to some extent as Left for Dead 2 probably isn't CPU bound) for GTX 680
Windows - 276 fps
Linux - 301.4 fps
Quite an improvement anyhow!
Congratulations to all involved!!!
Gnome used to be a desktop solution of Linux. But like Hurd it never really "got it".
KDE was the first but since it, at the time, was closed source Gnome was created as an alternative, even if it ended up as 2nd rate citizen, always choking in the dust.
Gnome had it its purpose up until KDE went GPL, i.e. more than 10 years ago. Now it is time to move on, with KDE or xfce.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_and_sexuality#Celibacy_and_monasticism
"Those who choose to practice Buddhism as ordained monks and nuns, also choose to live in celibacy. Sex is seen as a serious monastic transgression. Within Theravada Buddhism there are four principal transgressions which entail expulsion from the monastic Sangha: sex, theft, murder, and falsely boasting of superhuman perfections, where sex is listed first. Sexual misconduct for monks and nuns includes masturbation. In the case of monasticism, abstaining completely from sex is seen as a necessity in order to reach enlightenment."
So much for dead end 'happiness'. How pathetically ignorant to even consider a monk of all abominations on Earth.
XBox 360 is a virus. As a PS3 and Linux user I've suspected that a long time, XBox 360 must die. Bring in Milla Jovovich.
Isn't this part of the Lake Wobegon effect? - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Wobegon_effect
It sure does sound like so.
"Where does this nerd arrogance come from?"
Knowing better than others.
"How can it be rectified?"
Educate the others to know as much as you do.
"Has anybody run into problems in life with the arrogance that seems to be so prevalent with nerds?"
Yes...
"If so, how did you handle the situation?"
Told the others to educate themselves better but in the end I learned to keep my better understandings to myself, unless seriously warranted. So, it has been a life-long learning for me, and others.
"It is not illegal for Israel to exist"
I support and defend Israel's right to exist!!!
"What nation is Hezbollah a member of? Iran."
Member? Hezbollah probably still is financed from Iran or at least used to be. That doesn't make them any better. Shit is shit from wherever it comes. I do not support Hezbollah, while I do support the Palestinians' right to a nation; yes, this is getting complex. Still, Iran is not Arabic, which doesn't make anything easier ... as you know.
"Who tried to assassinate the ambassador of Sauda Arabia. Iran."
Probably anyone or no-one, but not necessarily Iranians. Whoever, but that never gave them the right to do it, of course. Likewise, the Israeli Stern group killed the UN ambassador Folke Bernadotte ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte) on the orders of an Israeli terrorist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhak_Shamir).
"Yitzhak Shamir [...] was an Israeli politician and the seventh Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms, 1983–84 and 1988–1992. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a member of the Stern gang, an organisation that was considered a terrorist group by Israel which broke away from the Haganah."
only to later on become the Prime Minister of Israel... Whoever gave that Israeli terrorist the right to move on? That wasn't allowed, either... Complex? Yes, Sir. Israelis aren't allowed to kill foreign people either...
I support Israel's right to exist but condemn the repeated behavior of several Israeli governments as well as any Iranian threats in writing or speech over Israel's right to exist. Does that make me a leftist? No. Does it make me a supporter of Hezbollah? No. But it makes me wonder why, why, WHY do all these religiously slanted governments still exist?!
Israel needs support, yes. But so does Palestine. From what I understand, the US supports Israel:
"$3 billion in grants annually to Israel, with Israel being the largest annual recipient of American aid from 1976 to 2004 and the largest cumulative recipient of aid since World War II" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel%E2%80%93United_States_relations
whereas, technically:
"Palestine – United States relations are not diplomatic relations in the normal sense, since the United States does not recognize Palestine as a state, and the U.S. government is very cautious not to define relations with it as fully diplomatic." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine%E2%80%93United_States_relations
Still, according to http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RS22967.pdf
"From FY2008 to the present, annual U.S. bilateral assistance to the West Bank and Gaza Strip has averaged nearly $600 million, including annual averages of approximately $200 million in direct budgetary assistance and approximately $100 million in non-lethal security assistance for the PA in the West Bank. The remainder—approximately $300 million on average per year—is dedicated to project assistance for the West Bank and Gaza through U.S. government grants to non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Much of this assistance is in direct support of PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad’s security, governance, development, and reform programs aimed at building Palestinian institutions in advance of statehood"
So, Palestine receives a large amount of money from the US alone, almost one fifth of what Israel receives. That is proportionally close:
"The population of Gaza Strip is about 1.7 million people." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip
"These data sets suggest that the Palestinian Arab population of the West Bank in 2007 was approximately 1.5 millio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Israel
"Religion in Israel is a central feature of the country and plays a major role in shaping Israeli culture and lifestyle, and religion has played a central role in Israel's history. [...] Israel was founded to provide a national home, safe from persecution, to the Jewish people. Although Israeli law explicitly grants equal civil rights to all citizens regardless of religion, ethnicity, or other heritage, it gives preferential treatment in certain aspects to individuals who fall within the criteria mandated by the Law of Return. Preferential treatment is given to Jews and their relatives who seek to immigrate to Israel. This serves to increase the Jewish population and provides asylum to people who face religious discrimination in the countries they emigrate from."
So, "freedom of religion", with preferences?
Do you understand the concept of double standards?
Why does the US support Israel, at all? Israel has violated numerous UN rules since it was created, by the UN...
Why does the US keep supporting Israels bad behavior?
The Iranians hasn't attacked any other nation for centuries like Israel repeatedly has for the last four decades.
The current regime of Iran is a piece of fermented dogshit, but still, so is the Israeli.
Two religious evils don't make one good.
look at this article:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57535804/confrontation-may-loom-in-waters-off-israel/
and check how many American news sites report on it via Google:
http://www.google.com/news?q=Ship+to+Gaza+Estelle&lr=English&hl=en
Very very few. So, maybe the Brazilian news sites have something to hide? Filtered news is this news?
I hate to admit it, but this is as good as the Sokal affair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair).
Journals apparently need a slap in the face, every now and then.
So, it is not only the gullible humansists which fall for gibberish, which i had thought. Sheesh.
I am concerned about the possible risk of religious people gaining even more global political influence. How do you see the Earth population growth affecting the survival of atheism over the next 100 years?
Here I especially think of a number of factors. Religious people appear to have more children than atheists across all nations. Still, education levels are rising around the world and it is known that educated people tend to be more prone to atheism. These two effects may be countering each other, even if other factors could be at play.
Will atheism be forced to retreat because of the sheer numbers of the religious population around the world? Or is that some misguided Malthusian fear again?
Would your wife agree to that? Poor her. };>
and soon falling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MrIxH6DToXQ#!
As of now
69,400 ft
who will have a hell talking his fellow GOPper out of this
Why not invert the colors of that police video? Also found on Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3k4C8grAGP4#!
Just for fun I took a screenshot of that video which looks like it has negative colors.
Then I opened it in GIMP and inverted the colours, lowered the contrast by bending color contrast curve.
The result was a much nicer image where the 3D objects looked "real", like the cars with "true" shadows etc.
It probably would have been even better if I could have used some of the other color channels, obviously available as the cameraman keeps switching between the different modes. Blending these may even produce near daylight images I guess. This must be available in real time even to policemen.
The current police movie looks so 1980s.
I doubt it is too expensive to get better shots than this. Wht's holding them back?
Yes, hiring African Americans is legal. And Muslim Americans. And Jewish Americans. And lesbian Americans. And gay Americans. And drinking Americans. And eating Americans. But, not smoking Americans?
http://sv.bab.la/lexikon/svensk-engelsk/det-var-som
Det var som fan.
I'll be damn.
Det var som fan!
Son of a bitch.
Det var som tusan.
I'll be dogged.
Det var som det var.
It was like that.
Det var som i en mardröm.
It was like a bad dream.
Det var som manna från himlen.
It was like manna from heaven.
Det var som att tiden stod still.
It was as though time had stopped.
Det var som ett riktigt äventyr.
It was like a real, live adventure.
Du kan sätta ner det var som helst.
You can set that down anywhere.
Det var som Albanien med neonljus.
It was like fucking Albania in neon.
Det var som jag alltid har misstänkt.
Just as I always suspected, Fogg.
Det var som något ur Caligula.
It was like something out of Caligula.
Det var som i första klass.
Then there was this time in first grade.
Och det var som att bli psykoanalyserad.
And it was like being psychoanalyzed.
Det var som om de inte såg att han var där.
They acted as if he wasn't even there.
Det var som att få Theresa tillbaka.
It was like Theresa had been brought back to me
Det var som att vara på en annan planet.
Monrovia itself was Iike being on another planet.
Det var som att, det här är min stund i ljuset.
It was, like, this is my time for shine.
Det var som om luften blev ett mullrande tåg.
And she said it was like a thunderous train of air.
Det var som om jag tittade på en film från den tiden.
It was as if I was watching a film from those times.
Didn't remember Dieter's scream for help when he was attacked by a flock of small dinosaurs. Now I do. Thanks.
Still, by that time he was already the most hated guy in the movie anyway.
It is good to see how onions can change the world.
BBC has this story about the onion story http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/19620411
Peter Glazebrook talking about his amazing onion: 'I should think it could feed a thousand people. It would certainly do for a lot of hotdogs.'
It is good to see how onions can change the world, even Iran. ;)